Andrew Grogan-Kaylor

Sandra K. Danziger Collegiate Professor of Social Work

Andy Grogan-Kaylor https://agrogan1.github.io/ (University of Michigan)https://umich.edu/
2023-06-05

About Me

My interests are in developing more knowledge to reduce violence against children and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), with the aim of improving child and family well-being. It is my hope that a better understanding of how to reduce violence against children, and how to reduce ACEs, will contribute to a better understanding of how to improve mental health and well-being across the lifespan. In this research I try to understand the family and community origins of aggression, antisocial behavior, anxiety and depression across diverse communities and contexts. My current research focuses on parenting and child development using international data. I try to understand these issues within the context of current conversations about children’s rights.

A particular focus of my work has been to examine the outcomes of physical punishment.

“Corporal punishment is the most common form of violence against children worldwide, leading to the injury and death of thousands of children each year. Its very widespread social acceptance means that a level of violence in childrearing is normalised, entrenching children’s low status and paving the way for other forms of violence and mistreatment.” (End Violence Against Children and End Corporal Punishment 2022)

Working closely with many colleagues, we have shown that physical punishment is associated with a wide variety of negative outcomes. This finding remains true even in contexts when physical punishment is used minimally, or when used in ostensibly “normative” ways. We have investigated these associations across diverse communities and countries. Lastly, we have worked to demonstrate more “causally robust” associations between physical punishment and undesirable child outcomes using a variety of quantitative methods.

A more recent stream of research examines a broader range of parenting behaviors, with particular emphasis on “positive parenting” strategies.

I teach courses mostly in the area of statistics, quantitative methods and data visualization.

“Blog-ish” Posts

Selected Courses

Data Visualization

Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling

Categorical Data Analysis

Research on Parenting and Child Development

Many of these publications are available from Deep Blue.

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) (UNICEF Data)

This research is conducted in collaboration with colleagues Shawna Lee, Julie Ma, Kaitlin Ward, Garrett Pace, and Jorge Cuartas.

Figure 1: Locations of Countries in MICS

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

COVID-19

Colombia

Meta-Analysis of Research on Corporal Punishment

Corporal Punishment Bans

Figure 2: Country Level Bans on Corporal Punishment

Earlier Research on Corporal Punishment

Community Based Research in Alaska

Selected Collaborations

Stata Materials

All Stata Materials

Introductory Materials

Data Visualization

R Materials

R

ggplot

dplyr

xaringan

Bayesian Statistics

Introductory Materials

Multilevel Modeling

Statistical Tutorials and Visualizations

Introductory Materials

Causality

Bivariate Statistics

Multivariate Statistics

Mapping and GIS

Notes for a course in development on GIS and Mapping

Data Visualization

Telling Stories With Data

Contact

Andrew Grogan-Kaylor

End Violence Against Children and End Corporal Punishment. 2022. “Corporal Punishment – 10 Key Messages.” https://www.end-violence.org/.

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